South Garland High School - Sabre Yearbook (Garland, TX)

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Gordon Sorrells taiks with stagecraft teacher Ms. Vicki Tapp. Counselors Hardy, Chiidri and MS. Kathleen Hand are ac: sors for National Merit Sfhol ship Sernifinalists Laura Bla tc enter lefty and Sherry Giliam Athletic director lim Dodson talks with Mike Newsom, 1 , mf:-aifgx V t,,:,l,.,,. ,. X, 'Sk - +6551-'A' this , i ' ffgsugna-gr ,-.,, in Q , ..t, --we ,

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l t gt, I rf'sfZPf Aiming to sell more books than ever, business staffers set up tables before school and at lunch in October, while the yearbook was being sold for 51575. Taking over the financial responsibility of the Sabre, Mrs ludy Garrett recruited a sepa- rate business staff in September, and those students sold adverf tising and handled money-rais- ing for the yearbook. at er W, qw 3 .. U ima.: 1 was ,, si fxiasex-if -.e . , 'vi-gi ifk 2 ,1 52 ' N '. X35-'iii sr -' 5 --at 'gferg ' , if 'sl Mfr-z V- . 'V ' fi 4 1:26 x ' ' 4 tt . il. mm:-slat' H . Sabre Grows in 1981. Bruce Hawkins, editor, and len- nifer LeNoir, junior editor, work on the first deadline for the Sabres new format. A difference every stu- dent who purchased the Sabre in 1981 must have noticed was the switch to the larger format size in yearbooks. Besides being larger this year, the Sabre staff grew to two separate groups, one for creating the book and one for sell- ing advertising. Ms. Donna Watkins became yearbook advisor, and Ms. ludy Garrett, previ- ous faculty advisor, was made business manager. l'This new yearbook size should be very appealing, explained Ms. Watkins. lt gave us an opportunity to do even more in graphic design than the smaller book. Students had plenty of chances to get their yearbooks, and advertising staffers were there to take the money.

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r I ' 'K f W.. i l l I l i if . i l L , 'lake Shaw, Carley Lan- lry, and David Bullock 'iscuss a math problem yith Ms. Sandra Dullnig. l l Scholars Earn ational Being a good student came easier for some stu- dents than others. Two seniors who achieved scholastic excellence were Laura Black and Sherry Cillam, both National Merit Scholar- ship Semifinalists. They were among 15,000 sem- ifinalists named across the Steve Giles receives instruction from computer math teacher Charles l-lyndryx. Alice Reeves checks her grade in biology with Ms. Grace McElroy. country. Semifinalists named in every state rep- resent the top half of one percent of the state's high school senior class. More than one million students participated as juniors in this testing pro- gram, Those who finished as semifinalists were con- sidered for further recog- nition by meeting more otice requirements and were allowed to compete for about 4,500 Merit Schol- arships which were awarded and announced in the spring. Besides Laura and Sherry, five other SG stu- dents were also recog- nized because of their outstanding performance in the testing program, They were among 33,000 students in all who received a commenda- tion for outstanding test performance, David Bull- ock, Steve Giles, Carley Landry, Mike Newsom, Alice Reeves, Blake Shaw, and Gordon Sorrells were notified of their com- mended status. They scored among the top five percent of Merit Pro- gram participants. Having commended students and semifinalists was not a first time hap- pening at SG this year. According to counselor Bob l-lazlewood we have had many. l'We've had two or three students recognized for their scho- lastic achievement each year since I came to South Garland in 1968, he said, Mr. Hazlewood point- ed out that although these students definitely qualified as llbrainy types, that's where the often pictured stereotype of the student scholar stopped. l'They're such good all-around people, he stated, UNot only are they highly intelligent, they're also very nice kids, appreciative of the recognition, and enjoya- ble to know.